Maryland
Published on Dec 15, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
FOUNDERS
- The English first settled the colony of Maryland in 1634.
- King Charles I granted the land south of the 40th parallel to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
- The 1st Lord Baltimore died before settling the colony,
- His son Cecilius Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore, organized the expedition of colonists.
- His brother Leonard Calvert served as the first Governor of Maryland.
REASONS MARYLAND WAS FOUNDED
- Maryland received it's charter in 1632 from Charles I of England.
- It was founded by Lord Baltimore, who had tried to settle in Virginia and was rejected for being a Catholic.
- It was named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England, Charles' wife.
- Maryland as a result of its founder had one of the first religious tolerance laws.
- This influenced the First Amendment of the U.S. constitution.
PEOPLE IN MARYLAND
- Maryland was meant for catholics and puritans.
- They allowed freedom of religion.
- People liked the idea of freedom of religion, over time, more people came.
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
- Maryland is divided into three landform regions.
- The Appalachian region, the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
- The Chesapeake Bay divides the state.
- Its bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia.
- Maryland had hot, humid summers and cool or cold winters
MARYLANDS ECONOMY
- Maryland traded many things, but the most profitable good was tobacco.
- With the rise in production of the staple crop, exports to England rose drastically.
- Despite this growth in tobacco production, problems in price-stability and quality existed.
- Prices fell so low that the colonists were barely able to survive.
- Colonial authorities stepped in taking corrective measures by reducing the amount of tobacco produced
RELIGION IN MARYLAND
- Maryland was mostly Catholic and Puritan.
- Since they had religious freedom people could practice any religion they wanted.
- People liked the idea of religious freedom, so more people began to come to maryland.
MARYLAND POLOTICS
- Free men had the right to vote.
- There was religious freedom.
- Marylands government also had the power to print money, create an army, and declare war.
